Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
April 26, 2023
The Honorable Pat Proctor, Chairperson
House Committee on Elections
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 218-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Proctor:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2270 by House Committee on Elections
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2270 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2270 would require the county chairperson to provide the county election officer with
the name, address, email address, and phone numbers of persons who are appointed to the office
of precinct committeeman or committeewoman. If a precinct committeeperson is elected as a
write-in candidate, the county clerk would request from the appropriate county chairperson the
contact information of the precinct committeeperson elected. Each precinct committeeperson
would report changes in their contact information to the county election officer no later than 10
days after such change. The bill would also require the county election officer to send a list of
precinct committeepersons’ contact information, and subsequent changes, to the Secretary of State
within seven days of each primary election in even-numbered years. The Secretary of State would
be required to keep an updated list of precinct committeepersons and corresponding contact
information.
The Secretary of State indicates the agency would use existing resources to provide training
and update manuals for county election officials; update the agency’s website; update public
documents and information; and work with media, political parties, candidates, and the public to
ensure knowledge of the requirement for counties to collect and report precinct committeepersons’
contact information to the Secretary of State; and for the Secretary to keep an updated list of the
required information. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2270 is not reflected in The FY 2024
Governor’s Budget Report.
The Kansas Association of Counties provides enactment of HB 2270 could have a fiscal
effect on costs for counties for collecting precinct committeepersons’ personally identifiable The Honorable Pat Proctor, Chairperson
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information as well as ensuring the information is not breached during transmittal or storage of the
information. However, the Association is unable to estimate the fiscal effect.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State